Thomet and Pillans Lead Bears to State Title

Jay Barrett/KMXT

The Kodiak High School boys track and field team brought home the state team title after crushing the rest of the state at Dimond High in Anchorage. Scoring 83 points the Bears were 20 solid points ahead of Lathrop in second, followed by Kenai, Bartlett and the host Lynx rounding out the top five.

Kodiak was led by three individual titles – and two new state records – by senior runner Levi Thomet, a pair of firsts by Kordell Pillans in the shot put and discuss, along with a relay win in the 3,200.

On Friday Thomet ran the 3,200 meters in 9-minutes 9.41-seconds, about a second and a half faster than any Alaskan ever has in a state championship meet. On Saturday, he did it again the 1,600-meters, with a record time of 4-minutes 12.17 seconds. A little bit later in the day, in his third distance race, Thomet won the 800-meters in a tight race in 1-minute 57.3-seconds.

Kodiak’s hurler, Kordell Pillans, absolutely dominated his two events as well. He flung the discus 156-feet 5-inches, winning gold by nearly 10 feet. In the shot put, he hurled the heavy steel ball 51-feet 1.25-inches.

A pair of Kodiak girls made state this year. Richelle Walker was second in the shot put with a toss of 33-feet 8.75-inches and fifth in the discus with a throw of 107-feet 4-inches.  Zoe Bigley was seventh in the 3,200-meeters.

We have full results after the jump.
 

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State track and field championships

Dimond Alumni Field

Friday and Saturday’s results

Team scores

Class 4A girls

1) South 76, 2) Kenai Central 54, 3) Dimond 52, 4) Eagle River 50, 5) tie, Soldotna and Colony 49, 7) Chugiak 45, 8) Thunder Mountain 38, 9) tie, West and West Valley 29, 11) Wasilla 26, 12) Service 19, 13) Bartlett 16, 14) Ketchikan 14, 15) Lathrop 13, 16) Kodiak 12, 17) Palmer 7.

Class 4A boys

1) Kodiak 83, 2) Lathrop 63, 3) Kenai 61, 4) Bartlett 60, 5) Dimond 59, 6) West Valley 57, 7) tie, Service, Colony and Chugiak 27, 10) Soldotna 25, 11) West 24, 12) East 21, 13) Thunder Mountain 10, 14) tie, Eagle River and Ketchikan 8, 16) Juneau 7, 17) tie, Palmer and South 4, 19)  North Pole 3.

Individual results

Class 4A girls

3,200 — 1) Allie Ostrander, Kenai, 10:09.72 (state record; previous record, Ostrander, 10:13.87, 2014); 2) Olivia Hutchings, Soldotna, 11:32.76; 3) Jenna Difolco, West Valley, 11:36.78; 4) Jill Bowker, Colony, 11:37.46; 5) Fiona Pedrick, Bartlett, 11:42.70; 6) Cathelyne Powers, Colony, 11:51.95; 7) Zoe Bigley, Kodiak, 11:58.74.

Shot put — 1) Sylvia Tuisaula, Wasilla, 36-1.50; 2) Richelle Walker, Kodiak, 33-8.75; 3) Rose Lega, Bartlett 32-6.25; 4) Ileana Casiano, West Valley, 31-11.75; 5) Envyi Pendergrass, Lathrop, 31-11; 6) Alicia Washington, Bartlett, 31-6.25; 7) Annie Quinn, Soldotna, 31-3.5.

High jump — 1) Ceil Dunleavy, Wasilla, 5-4; 2) Ann Gebauer, Service, 5-3; 3) Zoey Keene, 5-2; 4) Chase Stephens, Colony, 5-2; 5) Taylir Kueter, Barltett 5-0; 6) Madeline Ko, West Valley, 4-10.

Long jump — 1) Chrisalyn Johnson, Dimond, 17-0.25; 2) Naomi Welling, Thunder Mountain, 16-6.75; 3) Chase Stephens, Colony, 16-0.75; 4) Ann Condio, Colony, 15-2.75; 5) Julieanne Wilson, Kenai, 15-1.75; 6) Emma Nelson, Chugiak, 15-1.50; 7) Kiana Harding, Kenai, 15-1.25.

3,200 relay – 1) Soldotna 9:27.39 (new state record; old record 9:35.21, West Valley, 2004); 2) Colony 9:51.59; 3) Palmer 10:01.45; 4) West 10:05.60; 5) South 10:10.45; 6) Kenai Central 10:19.30; 7) Ketchikan 10:28.73.

100 hurdles – 1) Naomi Welling, Thunder Mountain, 15.24; 2) Chrisalyn Johnson, Dimond, 15.36; 3) Chase Stephens, Colony, 15.42; 4) Mekayla Winchester, West, 15.44; 5) Hannah Babin, Chugiak, 15.85; 6) Jordyn Bruce, Eagle River, 16.56; 7) Elissa Esplin, South, 16.61.

100 – Katie Hines, South, 12.52; 2) Haley Hakala, South, 12.75; 3) Ariana Davis, Chugiak, 13.09; 4) Jazlan Davis, Lathrop, 13.10; 5) Kyla Whannell, Kenai Central, 13.17; 6) Bernadette Franulovich, Ketchikan, 13.19; 7) Cerina Bush, Chugiak, 13.22.

800 relay – 1) South 1:46.66; 2) Chugiak 1:47.26; 3) Dimond 1:47.95; 4) West Valley 1:48.21; 5) Kenai Central 1:48.79; 6) West 1:50.88; 7) Bartlett 1:52.78.

1,600 – 1) Allie Ostrander, Kenai Central, 4:48.31 (new state record; old record 4:49.47, Allie Ostrander, Kenai Central, 2014).

400 relay – 1) South 50.18; 2) Chugiak 50.68; 3) Kenai Central 51.61; 4) Service 52.05; 5) Dimond 52.11; 6) West Valley 53.32; 7) Lathrop 53.59.

400 – 1) Nicole Boggs, Eagle River, 57.92; 2) Dani McCormick, Soldotna, 59.36; 3) Brooke Liland, Dimond, 59.92; 4) Daisy Nelson, Soldotna, 1:00.27; 5) Lauren Cuddihy, Service, 1:00.49; 6) Erika Rodanhisler, Ketchikan, 1:01.18; 7) Ruby Woodings, Palmer, 1:01.39.

300 hurdles – 1) Naomi Welling, Thunder Mountain, 44.27 (new state record; old record 44.93, Laura Kelly, Chugiak, 1994); 2) Jordyn Bruce, Eagle River, 46.03; 3) Hannah Babin, Chugiak, 46.87; 4) Gretta Pickett, West, 47.02; 5) Elissa Esplin, South, 49.25; 6) Katie Kilfoyle, Kenai Central, 50.56; 7) Jaidyn Kinneeveauk, South, 50.79.

800 – 1) Allie Ostrander, Kenai Central, 2:11.29; 2) Olivia Hutchings, Soldotna, 2:16.07; 3) Emma Tvelia, Eagle River, 2:21.79; 4) Jordyn Block, Colony, 2:23.79; 5) Ruth Cvancara, Dimond, 2:24.09; 6) Allison Hebard, Lathrop, 2:24.27; 7) Addison Gibson, Kenai Central, 2:26.44.

1,600 relay – 1) Eagle River 4:02.67; 2) Soldotna 4:11.19; 3) West 4:13.03; 4) Kenai Central 4:1463; 5) Dimond 4:16.67; 6) West Valley 4:19.30; 7) Ketchikan 4:21.30.

Triple jump – 1) Naomi Welling, Thunder Mountain, 35-7; 2) Emma Nelson, Chugiak, 34-8.5; 3) Gretta Pickett, West, 34-2; 4) Chase Stephens, Colony, 33-6.75; 5) Katelyn Crisscarboy, West Valley, 33-1.5; 6) Madeline Ko, West Valley, 33-0.5; 7) Jhaymie-Lee Davis, Ketchikan, 32-4.25.

Discus – 1) Jenna Mixson, Dimond, 118-1; 2) Kristina Tennesen, Colony, 114-4; 3) Amy Yi, South, 111-4; 4) Ileana Casiano, West Valley, 109-6; 5) Richelle Walker, Kodiak, 107-4; 6) Sylvia Tuisaula, Wasilla, 92-1; 7) Autumn Werczynski, Lathrop, 90-5.

 

Class 4A boys

3,200 meters – 1) Levi Thomet, Kodiak, 9:09.41 (state record; previous record, Jake Parisien, Palmer, 9:11.27, 2008); 2) Jonah Theisen, Kenai, 9:26.44; 3) Jordan Theisen, Kenai, 9:31.67; 4) Chandler Lokanin, Dimond, 9:38.29; 5) Keith Osowski, Kodiak, 9:38.71; 6) Michael Parnell, Kodiak, 9:55.88; 7) Jacob Walsh, Eagle River, 9:56.75.

Discus – 1) Kordell Pillans, Kodiak, 156 feet, 5 inches; 2) Johnathon Stephens, Service, 148-6; 3) Joaquin Martines, West Valley, 140-2; 4) Dalton Best, Soldotna, 134-7; 5) Rick Johnson, Thunder Mountain, 129;10; 6) Tarini Tosi, East, 129-2; 7) Jake Foshee, West Valley, 125-8.

High jump – 1) Bryce Hellman, Bartlett, 6-4; 2) Jared Welch, Lathrop, 6-4; 3) Brandon Nicholson, Colony, 6-3; 4) Tyler Blanch, South, 6-0; 5) Shane Hursh, North Pole, 5-10; 6) Chase Hawk, East, 5-8; 7) Brandon Joyner, West Valley, 5-8.

Long jump — 1) Josh Jackman, Kenai, 20-11; 2) Jared Welch, Lathrop, 20-10.75; 3) Tim Duke, Soldotna, 20-6.75; 4) Brandon Nicholson, Colony, 19-4.50; 5) Parker Martin, East, 19-4; 6) Brendan Pietz, Thunder Mountain, 19-1; 7) Anthony Parker, Dimond, 18-10.

3,200 relay – 1) Kodiak 8:11.03; 2) Bartlett 8:14.17; 3) Juneau 8:18.25; 4) Eagle River 8:26.71; 5) Colony 8:34.88; 6) Thunder Mountain 8:34.92; 7) West Valley 8:35.76.

110 hurdles – 1) Devin Millington, Lathrop, 15.41; 2) Chardo Elliott, West, 15.65; 3) Jared Welch, Lathrop, 15.68; 4) Mark Fisher, West, 15.78; 5) Alex Grullon, Bartlett, 15.93; 6) Chase Hawk, East, 16.28; 7) Sergio Salcido, Lathrop, 16.78.

100 – 1) Charles Sudduth, West Valley, 10.91; 2) C.J. Parker, Dimond, 11.06; 3) Brendan Walsh, Bartlett, 11.18; 4) Jordan Tufaga, Dimond, 11.27; 5) Dillon Pratt, Chugiak, 11.28; 6) Aidan Hildebrand, Thunder Mountain, 11.33; 7) Hunter Harwood, Colony, 11.44.

800 relay – 1) West Valley 1:31.23; 2) Dimond 1:31.97; 3) Bartlett 1:32.26; 4) Chugiak 1:33.11; 5) West 1:34.17; 6) Lathrop 1:34.42; 7) Palmer 1:35.52.

1,600 – 1) Levi Thomet, Kodiak, 4:12.17 (new state record; old record 4:13.0, Doug Herron, Bartlett, 1985); 2) Ty Jordan, Chugiak, 4:15.49; 3) Jordan Theisen, Kenai, 4:17.61; 4) Jonah Theisen, Kenai, 4:17.61; 5) Levi Fried, Kodiak, 4:21.91; 6) Chandler Lokanin, Dimond, 4:30.09; 7) Riley Moser, Juneau, 4:30.25.

400 relay – 1) West Valley 43.47 (new state record; old record 43.50, East, 2006); 2) Chugiak 44.72; 3) Ketchikan 44.77; 4) Dimond 44.88; 5) Palmer 44.95; 6) Thunder Mountain 45.73; 7) Kenai Central 46.40.

400 – 1) Jack Martensen, Service, 50.45; 2) Travis Phillips, Lathrop, 51.14; 3) Bentiu Panoam, Bartlett, 51.18; 4) C.J. Parker, Dimond, 51.60; 5) Cedarian Brunelle, Dimond, 52.08; 6) Ty Jordan, Chugiak, 52.79; 7) Jermarcus Jiles, Lathrop, 53.48.

300 hurdles – 1) Tim Duke, Soldotna, 38.90; 2) Mark Fisher, West, 40.90; 3) Sam Carney-Braveman, West Valley, 40.95; 4) Devin Millington, Lathrop, 41.60; 5) Sergio Salcido, Lathrop, 42.35; 6) Michael Williams, Chugiak, 42.57; 7) Josh Jackman, Kenai Central, 42.71.

800 – 1) Levi Thomet, Kodiak 1:57.30; 2) Jonah Theisen, Kenai Central, 1:58.16; 3) Levi Fried, Kodiak, 1:58.67; 4) Miguel Obregon, Bartlett, 1:59.33; 5) Jordan Theisen, Kenai Central, 2:00.58; 6) Jack Hannah, Kodiak, 2:02.49; 7) Christopher Llanos, Ketchikan, 2:02.54.

200 – 1) Charles Sudduth, West Valley, 22.23; 2) C.J. Parker, Dimond, 22.62; 3) Jack Martensen, Service, 22.73; 4) Brendan Walsh, Bartlett, 22.88; 5) Hunter Harwood, Colony, 22.94; 6) Connor Hicks, Ketchikan, 22.96; 7) Jemuel Mangalus, Kodiak, 23.07.

1,600 relay – 1) Bartlett 3:26.89; 2) Kenai Central 3:28.66; 3) Lathrop 3:29.38; 4) Kodiak 3:29.79; 5) Eagle River 3:31.81; 6) Soldotna 3:36.18; 7) Service 3:39.44.

Triple jump – 1) Brandon Nicholson, Colony, 43-9.25; 2) David Schaffer, Dimond, 42-10.25; 3) Josh Jackman, Kenai Central, 42-7; 4) Chase Hawk, East, 42-00.25; 5) Jared Welch, Lathrop, 41-11.5; 6) Josh Cummings, West Valley, 41-4.5; 7) Devin Millington, Lathrop, 40-5.75.

Shot put – 1) Kordell Pillans, Kodiak, 51-1.25; 2) Tarini Tosi, East, 44-11; 3) Brandon Pili, Dimond, 44-9; 4) Jack Dickinson, Lathrop, 44-5.75; 5) Jeremy Mahe, Bartlett, 44-4.75; 6) Johnathon Stephens, Service, 42-6.75; 7) Dalton Best, Soldotna, 42-2.75.